New Delhi: Rajya Sabha is amending its rule to
tackle the problem of members remaining absent during Question
Hour.
"The rule is being amended and this situation shall be
done away with very soon," Chairman Hamid Ansari said during
Question Hour today when he found that some members who had
given notices for their questions were absent.
He was responding to a plea by Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M),
who said, "Please amend the rule".
AIADMK members A Elavarasan and N R Govindarajar and
Prabha Thakur (Congress) were not present when their questions
were to be taken up.
The Question Hour in the Lok Sabha collapsed on November
30 when 28 members who had given notices for questions were
absent.
In a letter to the Chairman, Shiv Sena member in the Upper
House Bharatkumar Raut said a "stern view" should be taken
about absentee members and their daily allowance should be
deducted as penalty.
-PTI
